David Rowley <david.rowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 20:43, Raghavendra Rao J S V > <raghavendrajsv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> We are facing below error while taking the backup of the database using pg_dump. Could you suggest me how to rectify this? >> pg_dump: FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command > This looks very much like the backend crashed as a result of the COPY. That's not a message you'd get from a crash. I'd counsel looking into the server log for more information about why the postmaster is forcing session termination. But yeah, it would be good to know what PG version this is. regards, tom lane